Patents by Inventor Mike Terrill

Mike Terrill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for positioning an automated lifting storage cart and related methods
    Patent number: 10106323
    Abstract: A system for positioning a lifting cart in an automated storage facility is described. In one example, the system includes a motorized lifting cart configured to move about a railway of a storage area. An encoder on the cart reads a property of rotation of a rotating element on the cart, and a controller may receive the property of rotation from the encoder and convert it to a rotation count of the rotating element. The rotating element may be an encoder shaft, drive shaft, and like elements. Some systems include a signal emitter or photo sensor to position the lifting cart and to facilitate providing instructions to the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Swisslog Logistics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Terrill, Mohan Ramankutty, Christopher Brumm, Pat Mitchell, Rodney Tipton
  • APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING AN AUTOMATED LIFTING STORAGE CART AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20170008701
    Abstract: A system for positioning a lifting cart in an automated storage facility is described. In one example, the system includes a motorized lifting cart configured to move about a railway of a storage area. An encoder on the cart reads a property of rotation of a rotating element on the cart, and a controller may receive the property of rotation from the encoder and convert it to a rotation count of the rotating element. The rotating element may be an encoder shaft, drive shaft, and like elements. Some systems include a signal emitter or photo sensor to position the lifting cart and to facilitate providing instructions to the cart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Swisslog Logistics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Terrill, Mohan RAMANKUTTY, Christopher BRUMM, Pat MITCHELL, Rodney TIPTON